Photo ID no.1 - Peaks Elementary School for blacks on county road 626. Front view facing the road.

Photo ID no.1a - Peaks Elementary School for blacks. Rear view.

Photo ID no.1b - Peaks Elementary School for blacks inside classroom with wood stove.

Photo ID no.1c - Peaks Elementary School for blacks inside another classroom showing wood stove.

Photo ID no.1d - Peaks Elementary School for blacks front door with sign.

Photo ID no.1e - Peaks Elementary School for blacks. Privy.

Photo ID no.1f - Peaks Elementary School for blacks. Front view.

Photo ID no.3 - Prospect Elementary School at Prospect for whites on U.S. route 460. Main building.

Photo ID no.3a - Prospect Elementary School. Cannery made of cinder block with tin roof.

Photo ID no.4 - First Rock Elementary School for blacks on U.S. route 460. Main building as seen from the highway. Building appeared to be newly painted gray on the front while the paint on the sides was chipping and decaying. Other buildings are seen at left.

Photo ID no.4a - First Rock Elementary School for blacks. "Temporary" building in foreground. Frame, covered with roofing paper. Privy and another building can be seen in the background. Main building is to the right.

Photo ID no.6 - Pamplin #10 Elementary School for blacks. Front and side view. Picture taken at dusk.

Photo ID no.6a - Pamplin #10 Elementary School for blacks. Rear and side view. Picture taken at dusk.

Photo ID no.6b - Pamplin #10 Elementary School for blacks. Front and side view slightly rotated . Picture taken at dusk.

Photo ID no.10 - Five Forks Elementary School for blacks. On secondary road 658.

Photo ID no.10a - Five Forks Elementary School for blacks. Front view.

Photo ID no.10b - P Five Forks Elementary School for blacks. Privy.

Photo ID no.10c - Five Forks Elementary School for blacks. Water Pump.

Photo ID no.12 - Farmville High School for whites. Farmville, 1st Avenue and School Streets. Front view.

Photo ID no.12a - Farmville High School for whites. Rear view.

Photo ID no.13 - Originally Robert R. Moton High School for blacks on southside of Farmville on U.S. Route 15. Known as Mary E. Branch Elementary School at the time photos were taken.

Photo ID no.13a - Originally Robert R. Moton High School but known as Mary E. Branch Elementary School at time photos were taken. Temporary building covered with roofing paper used as a shop.

Photo ID no.16 - Rice Elementary School for whites.

Photo ID no.16a - Rice Elementary School for whites. Another view.

Photo ID no.18 - Epps Elementary School for blacks on secondary road 620. Sold in 1960.

Photo ID no.18a - Epps Elementary School for blacks.

Photo ID no.18b - Epps Elementary School for blacks.

Photo ID no.20 - High Rock Elementary School for blacks near U.S. route 460 and 617.

Photo ID no.20a - High Rock Elementary School for blacks.

Photo ID no.22 - Darlington Heights Elementary School for whites on secondary road 660.

Photo ID no.22a - Darlington Heights Elementary School for whites. Side and rear view.

Photo ID no.27 - Mercy Seat Elementary School for blacks on secondary road 665. Used by a black congregation by permission of School Board as a meeting place for their burned out Mercy Seat Baptist Church.

Photo ID no.27a - Mercy Seat Elementary School for blacks.

Photo ID no.28 - Worsham High School and Elementary School for whites on secondary road 665.

Photo ID no.28a - Worsham High School and Elementary Schools for whites. Side view looking east.

Photo ID no.28b - Worsham High School for whites. Front view.

Photo ID no.29 - Felden Elementary School for blacks on secondary road 677. A three-room schoolhouse. Front view.

Photo ID no.29a - Felden Elementary School for blacks. Side view. 3 room school.

Photo ID no.29b - Felden Elementary School for blacks. Privy in rear of school.

Photo ID no.29c - Felden Elementary School for blacks. Left rear classroom interior.

Photo ID no.29d - Felden Elementary School for blacks. Right rear classroom interior.

Photo ID no.29e - Felden Elementary School for blacks. Right rear classroom interior.

Photo ID no.29f - Felden Elementary School for blacks. Right rear classroom interior.

Photo ID no.29g - Felden Elementary School for blacks. Right rear classroom interior.

Photo ID no.29h - Felden Elementary School for blacks. Right rear classroom view of the ceiling.

Photo ID no.29i - Felden Elementary School for blacks. Center-front classroom with view of wood stove.

Photo ID no.29j - Felden Elementary School for blacks. Center-front classroom interior.

Photo ID no.29k - Felden Elementary School for blacks. Center-front classroom interior with view of space heater.

Photo ID no.29l - Felden Elementary School for blacks. Right rear classroom interior.

Photo ID no.30 - New Bethel Elementary School for blacks on a dirt road just a few hundred feet from U.S. route 15. Shed can be seen to the right.

Photo ID no.30a - New Bethel Elementary School for blacks.

Photo ID no.30b - New Bethel Elementary School for blacks. View of front door and porch.

Photo ID no.30c - New Bethel Elementary School for blacks. View of back entrance and shed.

Photo ID no.31 - Mount Leigh Elementary School for blacks at the intersection of secondary roads 612 and 696.

Photo ID no.31a - Mount Leigh Elementary School for blacks.

Photo ID no.33 - Mission Elementary School for blacks on secondary road 632. It was sold in 1960 and then used as a house and inhabited by a black family.

Photo ID no.34 - Green Bay Elementary School for whites at intersection of secondary road 696 and U.S. route 360 at Green Bay. This is the older of the two buildings.

Photo ID no.34b - Green Bay Elementary School for whites. This is the newer of the two buildings.

Photo ID no.35 - Levi Elementary School for blacks on secondary road 662. Front view from the road. This building was abandoned in 1959.

Photo ID no.35a - Levi Elementary School for blacks. Side view.

Photo ID no.35b - Levi Elementary School for blacks. View of left-front porch.

Photo ID no.35c - Levi Elementary School for blacks. Interior view.

Photo ID no.37 - Virso Elementary School for blacks on secondary road 633. This building was abandoned in 1959.

Photo ID no.40 - Robert R. Moton High School for blacks (name applied to this school when photo was take in 1962) on county road 628. Viewed from the west.

Photo ID no.40a - Robert R. Moton High School for blacks (name in 1962) viewed from the east. Lock and chains blocking the driveway are seen in the foreground.

Photo ID no.40b - Robert R. Moton High School for blacks (name in 1962) showing the sign found in front of all schools which are on frequently traveled roads.

Photo ID no.41 - Worsham Baptist Church and Worsham Academy for whites. Classrooms built onto rear of church. Front view. Used as an elementary school.

Photo ID no.42 - Worsham Baptist Church and Worsham Academy attached at rear of church. Private school seen at left. Students can be seen playing in front and sides of church.

Photo ID no.43 - Worsham Academy for whites. Side view taken from the south side.

Photo ID no.44 - Worsham Academy for whites. Rear and side view. In the foreground boards for students to sit on. Tables are to the left.

Photo ID no.45 - Worsham Academy for whites. Tables in the foreground.

Photo ID no.45a - Worsham Academy for whites viewed more to the rear.

Photo ID no.46 - Worsham Academy for whites. Privy in rear of classrooms.

Photo ID no.47 - Worsham Academy for whites. Rear view with same privy.

Photo ID no.48 - Worsham Academy for whites. Inside lower right classroom as seen from the rear door. There are four such classrooms.

Photo ID no.49 - Worsham Academy for whites. Right hand corner of the above classroom.

Photo ID no.50 - Worsham Baptist Church and Worsham Academy for whites with children playing on lawn during school hours.

Photo ID no.51 - Prince Edward School Foundation for whites. Bus parked at Worsham Academy.

Photo ID no.52 - Pisgah Baptist Church at Rice. Used as a white elementary school by the Prince Edward School Foundation.

Photo ID no.53 - Prince Edward Academy. White private high school operated by the Prince Edward School Foundation.

Photo ID no.54 - Prince Edward Academy for whites. View of the right end of the building.

Photo ID no.55 - Prince Edward Academy for whites. View of the center of the building.

Photo ID no.56 - Prince Edward Academy for whites. Parking lot and rear of the school building. Buses operated by the Prince Edward School Foundation are parked on the lot.

Photo ID no.57 - State historical road marker. Approaching from the north on Virginia state route 45 leaving Cumberland County.

Photo ID no.58 - Farmville town line north of Appomattox River in 1962. View is from Cumberland County Bridge. At left leads across the river into Farmville.

Photo ID no.59 - Tobacco curing barn in southwest Prince Edward County on secondary road 667. This old curing barn is made of logs and was probably built late in the 19th century. The tin roof was added years later. This barn is typical of the fire-curing barns throughout Southside Virginia. Few curing barns are of better construction in this area in 1962.

Photo ID no.60 - Tobacco curing barn. It is a mate to the above barn and is also located on secondary road 667.

Photo ID no.61 - Middle Warehouse, Farmville. Dark fire-cured tobacco sale. Men in foreground on the right are tobacco planters. Those immediately behind are buyers. The men to the left are operators of the warehouse, the auctioneer, and recording clerks.

Photo ID no.62 - Middle Warehouse, Farmville. Side view of sale. Man in large hat in center is warehouse owner. Men with backs to the camera are buyers from brokerage firms, cooperatives, or representatives of large manufacturers.

Photo ID no.63 - Middle Warehouse, Farmville. Planters with their baskets of dark fire-cured tobacco waiting for the day's sale. The man to the right bending over is probably a grader from the Virginia Department of Agriculture.

Photo ID no.64 - Middle Warehouse, Farmville. Planters and workers waiting for the sale.

Photo ID no.65 - Remnants of the early thirties. Old school bus body decaying in the left background. Photo taken in southeastern Prince Edward County on secondary road 630.

Photo ID no.66 - White Doctor's office in Farmville. White patients allowed to enter through porch shown. Blacks are expected to follow the instructions on the sign.

Photo ID no.67 - House inhabited by a black man on secondary road 632 in southeast Prince Edward County.

Photo ID no.68 - House inhabited by a black man on secondary road 632 in southeast Prince Edward County with black man on his front porch.

Photo ID no.69 - House inhabited by blacks on secondary road 692. This dwelling is just a few thousand yards from the all male Hampden Sydney College, a white Presbyterian college established in 1776.

Photo ID no.70 - House inhabited by blacks on secondary road 692 near Hampden Sydney College. Side view.

Photo ID no.71 - Another house inhabited by blacks near Hampden Sydney.

Photo ID no.72 - Another house inhabited by blacks on secondary road 692 near Hampden Sydney.

Photo ID no.73 - House inhabited by blacks on U.S. route 460 west of Farmville.

Photo ID no.74 - House inhabited by blacks on Longwood Avenue in the town of Farmville. Dwelling to the right houses whites and is the first dwelling of the white residential section stretching northward.

Photo ID no.75 - House inhabited by blacks in downtown Farmville.

Photo ID no.76 - Street scene in downtown Farmville. In center of the picture are two stern-faced whites in car solemnly discussing something of presumed great importance to a frowning black woman.

Photo ID no.77 - Mercy Seat Baptist Church. Black church burned when its stove putatively exploded. The closed Mercy Seat Elementary School has been loaned by the Prince Edward County School Board to the black congregation to use for church services until their church is repaired. See also pictures 27 and 27A.

Photo ID no.78 - Recreation Center off Longwood Avenue purchased for $5,000 and improved by Prince Edward County black citizens through their Farmville Recreation Association. It is used as a community center for blacks through-out the county. It was also the site of activities conducted by the Richmond Committee of Volunteers to Prince Edward. The benches shown in the yard were made by youngsters and volunteers involved in the Richmond Volunteer program.

Photo ID no.79 - Recreation Center in Farmville. Front view.

Photo ID no.80 - Recreation Center in Farmville. View of the side yard.

Photo ID no.81a - Sign ("Dictatorship") on tree on U.S. route 60 in Powhatan County, Virginia, following an order by Federal District Judge John Butzner to admit six blacks to two Powhatan County Public Schools and also enjoining county officials from closing schools to avoid desegregation. Most distant view.

Photo ID no.81b - Sign ("Dictatorship") on tree on U.S. route 60 in Powhatan County, Virginia, following the order by Judge Butzner. Next most distant view.

Photo ID no.81c - Sign ("Dictatorship") on tree on U.S. route 60 in Powhatan County, Virginia, following the order by Judge Butzner. Closest view.

Photo ID no.81d - Sign ("Dictatorship") on tree on U.S. route 60 in Powhatan County, Virginia, following the order by Judge Butzner. Next closest view.

Photo ID no.82a - Another sign ("Taxation") near the above one. Both were on the south side of the highway about two miles from the Cumberland County line. Cumberland County borders Prince Edward County. Closest view.

Photo ID no.82b - Another sign ("Taxation") near the above one. Next closest view.

Photo ID no.82c - Another sign ("Taxation") near the above one. More distant view.

Photo ID no.82d - Another sign ("Taxation") near the above one. Most distant view.

Photo ID no.83 - Pamplin Elementary School for whites in Pamplin City, Appomattox County. This school is open and lies just a few hundred yards from the Prince Edward County line.

Photo ID no.84 - Abandoned Prince Edward County school buses (N = 18) in lot on county secondary road 628.

Photo ID no.85 - Abandoned Prince Edward County school buses. Tire tracks lead to gate which is kept locked.

Photo ID no.86 - Abandoned Prince Edward County school buses at other end of lot. Tire tracks to gas pump suggest that someone used the pump and/or equipment.

Photo ID no.87 - Farmville Elementary School for whites on Pine Street in Farmville. Viewed from the south on Pine Street. The school is situated on the campus of Longwood College, at the time a state teacher's college for women, established in 1884. The use of this school was discontinued in 1959.

Photo ID no.87a - Farmville Elementary School for whites as seen from the north on Pine Street. Longwood College student is seen in the foreground.

Photo ID no. - Farmville Elementary School for whites. Rear and side view. Longwood College buildings seen to the right and construction for college expansion is in the foreground.

Photo ID no.88 - Prince Edward School Foundation lower school for whites at Green Bay. View of rear building attached to church on west side of secondary county road 696.

Photo ID no.89 - Prince Edward School Foundation lower school for whites at Green Bay. Front view of church.

Photo ID no.90 - Prince Edward School Foundation lower school for whites at Green Bay. Side view of the church from the North.

Photo ID no.91 - White children from the Prince Edward School Foundation lower school at Green Bay playing on public school property. Public school can be seen in the trees. Photo taken from U.S. 360.

Photo ID no.92 - White children from the Prince Edward School Foundation lower school at Green Bay playing on public school property. Public school can be seen in the trees. Photo taken a few yards further west from U.S. 360.

Photo ID no.93 - White children from the Prince Edward School Foundation lower school at Green Bay playing on public school property. Public school can be seen in the trees. Photo taken from across U.S. 360.

Photo ID no.94 - Restaurant at Meherrin on U.S. 360 with a "Whites Only" sign in the window.

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